Emmanuel Macron

The Russian president told France's Macron by phone about the "role of Neo-Nazis" in Ukraine.

A U.K. armed services minister has praised Ukrainian efforts against the invasion as "extraordinary."

Since announcing his run, Zemmour has aimed for an unprecedented union of the different right-wing elements in France.

Current and former Ukrainian officials told Newsweek that Kyiv cannot be forced into concessions by Western partners.

Russia's defense ministry announced the plan hours after Putin met with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron.

"He unified the humanity and then left...he showed us that regardless of our creed or ethnicity we will stand together," said one mourner via Twitter.

Russia has sent nearly 100,000 troops to the eastern border of Ukraine, and Western powers fear an invasion could be imminent.

The girl reportedly ran away on January 10 this year, and was found by police four days later, thanks to the social media platform.

The controversial far-right French presidential candidate was fined $11,000, and it isn't the first time he has been convicted on such charges.

In a speech, the French president suggested new laws to hold notable people accountable for spreading misinformation online.

"The people have the right to live in peace every single day," Macron said on Monday, "but there's a lot more to do."

European Union and Western leaders have repeatedly warned Russia against invading Ukraine. Moscow has denied the allegations that it plans to attack

"Someone irresponsible is not a citizen," said Macron, who added that "pissing off" the unvaccinated was part of his pro-vaccination "strategy."

France announced the series of new restrictions, which are set to last at least three weeks, after recording a record-breaking 100,000 new COVID cases in a day.

"We have sanctions in place, we are ready to take additional sanctions if needed, and we will see" what happens, said EU Council President Charles Michel.

Putin also said that Ukraine "is being pumped up with modern weapons, which poses a direct threat to Russia's security."

Anti-racism activists from the campaign group SOS Racisme were beaten, resulting in police detaining about 60 people, the French prosecutors' office said.

As France signed a deal to sell combat planes and helicopters to the UAE, human rights groups denounced the decision, saying they could be used in war crimes.

Eric Zemmour, who has multiple hate speech convictions, announced his candidacy in a video an anti-racism group said demonstrated "pathological racism."

Though her body will remain in Monaco, a coffin carrying soils from places where she made an impact will be placed inside the Pantheon.

"This is an unprecedented new low, in terms of how to proceed and also in terms of truth and trust," said Jean-Pierre Thebault, French ambassador to Australia.

French President Emmanuel Macron said this week that the nuclear submarine deal was "very bad news for the credibility of Australia."

Australia withdrew from its contract in September to build diesel-electric submarines with a French company, instead inking a deal with the U.S. and Britain.

"Trust is like love: Declarations are good, but proof is better," Macron said of the meeting with Biden.

Éric Zemmour has gone from peddling far-right rhetoric on the French version of Fox News to serious political contender.

Younger French activists have embraced political correctness, but older members of the establishment have reservations.

France lost a multi-billion dollar contract to sell diesel-electric submarines to Australia when the U.S. and Britain inked a deal to sell nuclear-powered submarines to the Oceanian nation instead.

The two leaders spoke for the first time since the U.S. announced its submarine deal with Australia—an agreement France called a "knife to the back."

A joint statement from the Elysee and White House said that France's ambassador will "have intensive work with senior U.S. officials" upon his return.

The AUKUS deal is "not something that anybody needs to worry about, and particularly not our French friends," U.K. Prime Minster Boris Johnson said.